Startup and investment funds

Kolmers Legal offers comprehensive legal support for startups, creators of innovative projects based on modern technologies and entrepreneurs operating on the basis of e-business. We also service venture capital and private equity funds, business angels and private investors. Bearing in mind the specificity of the industry, we focus on providing practical and specific legal solutions enabling the implementation of our clients’ set goals and business strategies. The startup market is characterized by very strong dynamics of changes, so companies in the initial stage of development are particularly vulnerable to errors in the field of protection and legal services. Thanks to the knowledge of both economic realities and the regulations themselves, Kolmers is a valuable adviser and mentor in the preparation and conduct of negotiations with current and future contractors and clients.

The scope of Kolmers’ services for the startup and finance industry includes, among others:

• Selection of the most advantageous form (including tax) of running a business;
• Advising, developing, creating and negotiating founder agreements and company agreements;
• Assistance in creating the ownership and organizational structure, as well as company registration and full corporate services;
• Legal research due diligence as part of the investor’s entry and conclusion of the investment agreement;
• Creating, analyzing, evaluating and conducting the process of negotiating investment agreements for startups as well as Venture Capital funds and Business Angels;
• Creating and negotiating contracts and commercial contracts (including creating and reviewing agreements on the transfer of proprietary rights, exclusive rights, protection rights, trademarks, industrial designs, etc.);
• Comprehensive handling of court cases in the field of intellectual property rights;
• Applying for obtaining exclusive rights (patents), protection rights (utility models), trademarks, industrial designs, etc .